Perlman, in his second year with the Wareham Gatemen, entered
the game in the third inning for the West team, which ended up
winning the game by a score of 5-0.

Perlman allowed a seeing-eye single to the first batter he faced
but then made quick work of his next foe, with a four-pitche
strikeout while another the second out was caught stealing. Perlman
then finished his inning with a weak ground out. During his inning
of work, Perlman touched 90 miles per hour on his fastball and
unleased a slider in the low 80's with a devastaing change up.

Perlman's outing took him less than four minutes but they were
memorable to a player who has striggled with injury problems since
being named a Freshman All-American in 2006.

The 6-foot-7 righty suffered through an elbow injury that kept
him out of the majority of his sophomore and junior campaigns at
Harvard. Although he did make five appearances for the Crimson in
2010, he was still rehabbing and searching to regain his form.

“I mean, it was just a long rehab process,” he
explained in a press conference from Fenway. “A lot of work
in the gym, it was a long throwing program. Once your arm gets back
and healthy, you really just have to get the feel of all your
pitches, get the feel of the game back. Being out of it for close
to a year, you lose a lot of the feel. So it really helps to just
get out there and play.”

He has since made the injury a thing of the past, and is
currently dominating some of the best young hitters from across the
country. As he certainly knows from experience, the CCBL is a great
stage to compete with the best of the best.

“One through nine, everyone [in the Cape Cod league] is
such a good player,” he explained. “You have to get up
and ready for every game, there’s no weak spots in any
lineups. It’s just fun to play with good competition both
against you and on the same team.”

This summer, Perlman has made six starts for Warehman, going 3-1
with a 1.65 ERA, which is good for sixth in the league. In
addition, he is in the top five in strikeouts and innings
pitched.